He said: “If they want to be here, it’s the greatest place on Earth. I’m here. If they don’t want to be here, I don’t want them.”

The Warriors are widely expected to prevail in the NBA finals after opening a three-games-to-none lead in the best-of-seven-games championship series.

Golden State also won last year but didn’t visit the White House – breaking with a tradition dating back to the Reagan years – after Trump withdrew an invitation after Warriors star Steph Curry told reporters he planned to vote no when the players came together to decide whether to visit Trump.

The Warriors could “inspire some change” and “send a statement” by snubbing the president, Curry said.